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Government to rule in October on Pentagon hacker U.S. extradition
Jul 24th, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - A British computer hacker accused by the United States of breaking into top secret military and space agency networks will learn the result of his six-year fight against extradition within three months, a court heard on Tuesday. Gary McKinnon faces up to 60 years in jail if convicted in American courts for what one U.S. prosecutor has described as the "biggest military computer hack of all time". U.S. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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